A manually operated electric machine tool for a disk-shaped rotating tool (18), having a machine housing (11) from which a drive spindle (12) for the tool (18) protrudes and on which a hollow cylindrical collar (15) is embodied coaxial to the drive spindle (12), and having a guard (20) that is detachably connected to the machine housing (11) and is designed to at least partially cover the tool (18), which guard can be mounted to and fixed in relation to the collar (15) by means of a clamp (23) with a clamping element (24). To set the guard (20) in desired rotation positions in relation to the machine housing (11) without using an auxiliary tool, and to secure the guard (20) in any rotation position, the clamp (23) is secured to the collar (15) in a rotating fashion and a manually releasable locking mechanism is provided between the clamp (23) and the collar (15) (FIG. 1).
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8. A guard for a manually operated electric machine tool, comprising:
a collar (15) that encompasses a drive spindle (12) for a disk-shaped rotating tool (18);
a clamp (23) designed to slide onto the collar (15); and
a clamping element (24) that is provided on the clamp (23) for affixing the clamp (23) to the collar (15),
wherein the clamp (23) is provided with a locking element for detachably locking the guard (20) in discrete relative rotational positions in relation to the collar (15), and
wherein the clamp (23) has at least one cam (27–29) protruding radially from an inner surface, wherein the at least one cam is designed to engage in an annular groove (33) provided in the collar (15) of the manually operated electric machine tool.
1. A manually operated electric machine tool for a disk-shaped rotating tool (18), comprising:
a machine housing (11), wherein a drive spindle (12) for the tool (18) protrudes from the machine housing (11);
a guard (20) that is detachably connected to the machine housing (11) and is designed to at least partially cover the tool (18), wherein said guard has a clamp (23) with a clamping element (24); and
a hollow cylindrical collar (15), wherein said collar is provided on the machine housing (11) and is coaxial to the drive spindle (12), the clamp (23) permitting the guard (20) to be mounted onto the collar and fixed in relation to the collar it,
wherein the clamp (23) is secured to the collar (15) in a rotating fashion and a manually releasable locking mechanism between the clamp (23) and the collar (15) is designed so as to permit the guard (20) to be locked in a number of definite relative rotational positions in relation to the collar (15),
wherein the manually releasable locking mechanism has a toothed section (34) provided on the collar (15) and a ratchet (37) that is provided on the clamp (23) and is pressed into the toothed section (34) by means of spring force, and
wherein the ratchet (37) is embodied on a soring-loaded hand lever (36) that is provided on the outside of the clamp (23) and is able to pivot around a pivot axis (361) parallel to a clamp axis.
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The invention described and claimed hereinbelow is also described in PCT/DE 03/03625, filed Oct. 31, 2003 and DE 102 59 520.8, filed Dec. 19, 2002. This German Patent Application, whose subject matter is incorporated here by reference, provides the basis for a claim of priority of invention under 35 U.S.C 119 (a)–(d).
The present invention is based on a manually operated electric machine tool for a disk-shaped, rotating tool.
In manually operated electric machine tools of this kind, the purpose of the guard is to protect the user from sparks and material particles that are hurled outward from the rotating tool, e.g. a grinding wheel or cutting wheel, during operation. The guard should also protect the user in the event that the tool breaks. For example, when a cutting wheel jams in the work piece, the cutting wheel can shatter. In this case, the guard must prevent fragments of the shattered cutting wheel from coming near the user. Since the guard generally only covers an angular range of 180° of the rotating tool, in order to assure a sufficient degree of protection in various work applications of the manually operated electric machine tool in which the machine is used differently, the guard is designed to be rotationally adjustable. In order to be able to rotate the guard into the desired region, the clamping element, which is usually embodied in the form of a clamping screw, must first be loosened by means of an auxiliary assembly tool, e.g. a screwdriver, and then the guard is set in the desired position by tightening the clamping screw again so that even if the rotating tool breaks, the guard cannot rotate on the collar in reaction to the pressure exerted by the parts of the tool being hurled outward. Adjusting the guard by loosening and tightening the clamping screw with the required auxiliary tool is not only troublesome so that the procedure of adjusting the guard to the proper working position is often omitted, but also, over the long term, subjects the clamping screw to wear so that the guard can no longer be fixed to the collar with a sufficient degree of reliability and no longer assures sufficient protection of the operator if a tool shatters.
The manually operated machine tool according to the present invention has the advantage that selling the correct rotation position of the guard in relation to the housing does not require an auxiliary tool. The clamping element is only used in the initial installation of the guard to produce a rotating attachment of the clamp to the collar of the machine housing. The integrated, manually releasable locking mechanism on the one hand permits the guard to be rotated into any number of rotation positions and on the other hand prevents the guard from rotating when it is struck by parts hurled from a shattered tool. If frequent adjustment of the guard causes wear to occur on the collar or clamp, then this can be compensated for by resetting or readjusting the clamping element. This advantageously permits the guard to be used in manually operated electric machine tools with collars made of plastic.
According to an advantageous embodiment form of the present invention, the manually releasable locking mechanism between the clamp on the guard and the collar of the machine housing has a toothed section on the collar and a ratchet on the clamp that engages with the toothed section by means of spring force. The ratchet is designed so that if the rotating tool shatters, a self-locking occurs, i.e. the ratchet is pulled deeper into the teeth so that the locking mechanism cannot release.
According to an advantageous embodiment form of the present invention, the toothed section has sawtooth-shaped teeth with steeply sloped tooth flanks and shallowly sloped tooth backs; the teeth are arranged one after another so that the tooth flanks point in a direction counter to the rotation direction of the tool.
According to an advantageous embodiment form of the present invention, the ratchet is provided on a spring-loaded hand lever that is disposed on the outside of the clamp and can be pivoted around a pivot axis parallel to the clamp axis. When the hand lever is pivoted away from the clamp counter to the return force of the spring, this releases the locking mechanism and the guard can be rotated on the collar in both rotation directions.
According to an alternative embodiment form of the present invention, the ratchet is provided at the front end of a spring tab that is attached to the clamp and is oriented in the rotation direction of the tool. The clamp is preferably made of spring steel and the clamp is cut out from the spring tab. In this case, the guard can be adjusted through a simple manual rotation, but only in one rotation direction that is oriented counter to the rotation direction of the tool.
According to an advantageous embodiment form of the present invention, a circumferential groove/spring connection between the clamp and collar rotationally secures the clamp to the collar.
According to a preferred embodiment form of the present invention, the groove/spring connection has at least one circumferential annular groove that is let into the outer surface of the collar and at least one cam that protrudes radially from the inner surface of the clamp and engages in the annular groove. The toothed section for rotationally securing the guard to the machine housing is advantageously embodied at the groove bottom of the annular groove and preferably extends over a rotational angle of 180°.
According to an advantageous embodiment form of the present invention, the outer circumference of the collar is provided with at least one axial groove that runs into the annular groove at one end and at the other end, opens out at the free end surface of the collar. This at least one axial groove is associated with the at least one cam in the clamp, which cam can travel into the axial groove from the free end surface of the collar. The number, position, and geometry of the cam(s) can be used to produce a coding so as to prevent the guard from being used on manually operated electric machine tools that have the same housing, but are of a different type, e.g. one that runs at a higher operating speed.
The angle grinder, which is depicted in a longitudinally sectional detail view in
The guard 20, which is shown in a top view in
The clamp 23 is comprised of several parts, the ends at the split being bent into radially protruding tabs that are connected to each other by the clamping element 24, which is embodied in the form of an adjusting screw 26. On the inner surface of the clamp 23, three cams 27, 28, 29 are provided spaced apart from one another in the circumference direction, each corresponding to one of three axial grooves 30, 31, 32, which are let into the collar 15 spaced the same distances apart as the cams (
In order to fix the guard 20, which is supported in rotary fashion on the collar 15 of the machine housing 11, in a rotation position in relation to the machine housing 11 required for a desired working position, a manually releasable locking mechanism between the collar 15 and the clamp 23 is provided, which can lock the guard 20 in a number of definite relative rotation positions in relation to the collar 15. As is clear from the sectional depiction in
In the modified guard 20 shown in
In both of the above-described exemplary embodiments of the manually operated electric machine tool with a guard 20, in order to secure the guard 20 to the collar 15 of the machine housing 11 in rotary fashion, i.e. to prevent the guard 20 from coming off of the collar 15 in the axial direction, the cams 27–29 are provided on the inside of the clamp 23 and the annular groove 33 in which the cams 27–29 engage is provided in the middle of the collar 15 (
For example, with the collar geometry shown in line 2 of the matrix, the axial width of the annular groove is greater than the axial width of the associated cam and the groove bottom has a constant diameter. The axial position of the cam is selected so that the cam rests against the annular groove wall closest to the end surface of the collar (matrix combinations A/2, B/2, and D/2).
In another exemplary embodiment, the groove bottom of the annular groove is provided with a stepped diameter (collar geometry line 1). If the clamp has the cam geometry according to A or B, then this produces an association of the clamp and the collar according to the combinations A/1, B/1, and D/1. If cams are provided in parallel rows on the clamp (cam geometry column C), then with the stepped embodiment of the groove bottom (collar geometry line 1), this produces the association of clamp and collar shown in C/1.
In the exemplary embodiment of the clamp in column E, the provision of a cam has been omitted. The clamp itself constitutes the spring of the groove/spring connection between the clamp and the collar; the annular groove is embodied with a groove width that corresponds to the clamp.
The clamp outlined in column F in combination with the collar geometry in line 3 produces the groove/spring connection between the clamp and collar by switching the positions of the groove and spring. The clamp has a recess in the middle that constitutes the groove and extends for example over 180°. The collar is provided with a corresponding annular rib that protrudes into the recess.
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